October 2017

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Sueria Manufacturing sponsors grand Halloween Party this week

Oct 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Sueria Manufacturing sponsors grand Halloween Party this week

From October 23 to October 27, the promoters of the annual Yankee All White Boat Cruise and GT Memoirs will host a grand Guyanese inspired Halloween Festival. It will take place at the Yankee All...

Guyanese killed in Hurricane laid to rest, more lumber for affected islands – CDC

Oct 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese killed in Hurricane laid to rest, more lumber for affected islands – CDC

Following two devastating hurricanes in the region over the last two months, Guyana is continuing its good neighbour role. Containers of lumbers, water and food were sent. In fact, according to...

Murdered Guyanese NYPD cop remembered two years later

Oct 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Murdered Guyanese NYPD cop remembered two years later

By Feona Morrison Members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the New York Police Department (NYPD) gathered yesterday in Le Repentir Cemetery, Georgetown at the graveside of murdered NYPD Detective...

A decision that will takes this country backwards for decades

Oct 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on A decision that will takes this country backwards for decades

Dear Editor, The unilateral selection and appointment by President Granger of Justice Patterson to be the new Chairman of the Elections Commission takes the country backward for decades. This...

Unilateral selection of GECOM Chairman is an affront to democracy

Oct 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Unilateral selection of GECOM Chairman is an affront to democracy

Dear Editor, The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) was very disturbed and most upset when it learnt of the seemingly high-handed move by President David Granger to unilaterally...

The President has ignored the Chief Justice’s ruling

Oct 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The President has ignored the Chief Justice’s ruling

Dear Editor, President David Granger has acting in breach of the Constitution, in light of the ruling given by the Acting Chief Justice, Roxanne George by unilaterally appointing a Chairman of the...

None of our politicians is interested in healing the nation

Oct 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on None of our politicians is interested in healing the nation

Dear Editor, The politics of Guyana continues to be politically divisive and socially averse, as we witnessed again, the failure of the highest office in the land to negotiate, even a little, to...

CONSUMER CONCERNS…EXORCISING THE CULTURE OF SQUATTING FROM GUYANESE SOCIETY

Oct 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS…EXORCISING THE CULTURE OF SQUATTING FROM GUYANESE SOCIETY

PAT DIAL Towards the end of last week, the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) took action to clear its Sophia property of squatters. Large numbers of these squatters had taken up...

STANDARDS IN FOCUS…Standards can propel the local Agri-Sector

Oct 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS…Standards can propel the local Agri-Sector

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards in keeping with its mandate to develop national standards has formulated a number of agriculture related standards in order to improve the quality of products...

Financial Literacy: Why it is important for Entrepreneurs in Guyana

Oct 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Financial Literacy: Why it is important for Entrepreneurs in Guyana

Dr. Terence Smith, Deputy Governor, Bank of Guyana The need for entrepreneurs’ financial education According to the Harvard Business Review, “fostering entrepreneurship has become a core...

Sunday Cartoon

Oct 22, 2017 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Justice Patterson’s appointment as GECOM chair is illegal

Oct 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Justice Patterson’s appointment as GECOM chair is illegal

Dear Editor, Mr Granger has built a reputation of being unable to play a fair game. He can’t be trusted. And he is unfit to run a democracy. Obviously, democracy is on a death spiral under his...

Does Granger believe the Guyanese people will accept his reason?

Oct 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Does Granger believe the Guyanese people will accept his reason?

Dear Editor, A statement released by the Ministry of the Presidency on Thursday (October 19, 2017) sought to explain the basis on which President David Granger moved to appoint the Chairman of the...

This decision will cause loss of confidence in the electoral system

Oct 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This decision will cause loss of confidence in the electoral system

Dear Editor, The Bar Council of the Bar Association of Guyana is deeply concerned by the President’s unilateral appointment of the Chairman of the Elections Commission. No President of Guyana from...

No evidence that James Patterson is a fit and proper person for the GECOM job

Oct 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on No evidence that James Patterson is a fit and proper person for the GECOM job

Dear Editor, President Granger’s decision to abandon the constitutionally agreed process for selecting a new Chair for the GECOM has plunged Guyana once again into an election-driven crisis. While...

Hello World!

Oct 22, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Hello World!

Beginning today I will no longer worry about yesterday. It is in the past and the past will never change. Only I can change by choosing to do so. Beginning today I will no longer worry about...

Who says age is not a factor in Guyana’s politics?

Oct 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who says age is not a factor in Guyana’s politics?

Dear Editor, Before you judge me for age discrimination, I wish to make it clear that age is not a barrier in its general context and I believe that experience plays a critical role for growth and...

Bharrat Jagdeo is unfit to hold high office

Oct 22, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 2

I had planned this column to examine two press releases by the PPP, one specifically on my life in Guyana, in which alternative facts were used to describe what I achieved in my country. And the...

The women in the cemeteries

Oct 22, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The women in the cemeteries

By Michael Jordan ‘DEE DEE’ The gravedigger was used to seeing corpses, but certainly not like the one he was seeing now. What was this one doing here…pregnant, mutilated, dumped in Le Repentir...

Two Diwalis: It is hard to forgive our Hindu leaders

Oct 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Two Diwalis: It is hard to forgive our Hindu leaders

The Story within the Story By Leonard Gildarie Ten years ago I joined Kaieteur News. I was bored and Glenn Lall asked me what I was doing at home. I was in media business before and had some...

ImmigrationINFO ..Immigration News For Our Community Ò…Understanding Denial & Revocation after Embassy Interview

Oct 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO ..Immigration News For Our Community Ò…Understanding Denial & Revocation after Embassy Interview

By Attorney Gail Seeram Approval and then a denial and then a revocation – what does this mean? When an embassy interview is scheduled, the petitioner and beneficiary in most cases already have an...

Guyana’s poisoned political climate

Oct 22, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Guyana’s poisoned political climate

A man whom I have known for a very long time came up to me and asked what I thought of the decision of the President of Guyana to unilaterally appoint a Chairperson of the Guyana Elections...

Chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica)

Oct 22, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica)

The chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica) is a bird belonging to the swift family Apodidae. A member of the genus Chaetura, it is closely related to both the Vaux’s swift and the Chapman’s swift; in...

Lead Poisoning: The Secret Destroyer

Oct 22, 2017 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Lead Poisoning: The Secret Destroyer

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Lead Poisoning affects the world population more than is often realized. The World Health Organization estimates that there are 143,000...

No winners in secession – in Europe or the Caribbean

Oct 22, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on No winners in secession – in Europe or the Caribbean

By Sir Ronald Sanders Should areas of countries break away and govern themselves as they see fit? That’s a question that has been debated in several parts of the world, and is in focus now between...

PREV 17 181920 21 NEXT LAST

One win away! Bonofiglio’s men target fifth consecutive win against...

Nov 12, 2026

By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s Golden Jaguars will look to take another significant step towards CONCACAF Nations League, League A promotion and qualification for next year’s Gold...

A compromise is possible but not likely

Nov 12, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Back in 2009, legislation was passed by the then PPP/C government giving former presidents a wide range of benefits and facilities. These included security, vehicles, staff, utilities, medical expenses and other support, many of which were not subject to clear limits. Critics...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Not one cent more for former presidents

Nov 12, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Over the years, I have learned to cultivate great tolerance for stupidity; still greater patience for the asinine. Tolerance snaps, however, whenever a word is mentioned about the benefits bill for former presidents. Here’s the short and sweet: not one damn cent more for...

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Website Hits

Listen to the The Glenn Lall Show

Follow on Tik Tok @Glennlall

Blunt of the day

Sports

Features/Columnists

Sir. Ronald Sanders

The GHK Lall Column

Publisher’s Note

Weekend Cartoon

Bridge Watch

> Berbice Bridge […]